lazyweb: Helpful Interview Qs for a New Therapist

[jesse_the_k]

My mental health therapist is retiring. In the next few weeks I'm scheduled for "brief consults" with possible successors.

I've got a couple questions prepared, and I'd love to know what I don't know to ask.

Have you interviewed therapists? Was there a question/comment which proved useful (or harmful)?

Comments

[dhampyresa]

I would ask what kind of credentials they have (I don't know things work where you are but for example in France "psychologue" and "psychologue clinicien.ne" are not quite the same thing), how the money side of things work (eg can they write you invoices, do they take insurance[1], etc) and how often/for how long they suggest meeting.

[1] I know of a therapist who does hour long sessions but charges them as two 30mn sessions for insurance reasons. Something like this may or may not be an issue.

Good questions

[jesse_the_k]

thanks!